The competition will test participants' analytical skills based on technical and fundamentals parameters. Participants are also encouraged to apply predictive analytics to forecast share price movements and predict stock market performances based on historical data and global events.

There will be 2 rounds of judging criteria and at the Grand Final, each team has a maximum of 10 minutes to present your strategy to a panel of judges. This is then followed by a 10-minute Q&A session. The team with the highest total score will be crowned the Regional Champion of the BCMA Investment Challenge 2.0!

Judging Criteria - Round 1

Round 1

For All Teams

3 Criteria

Max Score

Ability to generate positive absolute return (based on NAV at end of challenge).

15%

Ability to outbid competitors in terms of generating higher returns

40% (see table 1)

Ability to diversify :

Each portfolio must have at least 10 Securities at any point in time.

Each security must not account for more than 10% of portfolio.

Participants are require to keep track ?of their own diversification and to submit a report showing their holdings at the end of each week with their top 10 holdings as part of their Investment Strategy.

15%

Table 1 for Judging Criteria - Round 1

Criteria 2 : Breakdown

Position

Scoring

Top

40%

Second

35%

Third

30%

Fourth

25%

Fifth

20%

Sixth

15%

Seventh

10%

Eighth

5%

Ninth

5%

Tenth

5%

Judging Criteria – Round 2 & Grand Final

The top 10 teams which have achieved the highest rates of returns on the initial USD100,000 capital invested at the end of the three-week trading period on 22 October. They are then to submit their investment strategy via on online by 28 October.

The last part of the challenge will see the announcement of the top 5 teams on 10 November and they are to present their investment strategy paper with Q&A session to the judging panel around the week of November 19th.

Round 2

Top 10 Teams

Investment Strategy (max score 20%)

The investment strategy paper will be comprised of 6 short answer questions touching on the areas below. This will be submitted via an online form. The link will be provided to the top 10 teams.

Risk Attribute

Share understanding on risk of investing in equity markets and methods used to manage risk.